Students are responsible for reading three (3) books total. Each grade level has one (1) required book and then the students may choose two (2) from the other choices. The required book is marked with an asterisk (*).
All students are responsible for obtaining their own copies of the books. Starting May 1st, books may also be ordered through the MBS Direct online book ordering system.
In August, students will write an essay on the required book and will take AR tests on the other two books.
Students may take AR tests over the summer on Wednesdays when the Moncrief Library is open. This allows students to test as they finish the books. Students may also elect to wait until the start of school to take AR tests on their summer reading books.
REQUIRED:
* Jack's Run by Roland Smith
978-1423104070 Available in FWCD Library: Print
[FICTION]
Kidnapped by drug czar Alonzo Asnar and held hostage in Argentina, Jack and his sister Joanne attempt a daring escape while their parents, aided by some old friends, set out to rescue them.
CHOOSE 2:
Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
978-0545165778 Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook
[FICTION] A girl, having travelled with her mother to an animal sanctuary for bonobos in the Congo, struggles to survive with the animals after revolution breaks out and she and the chimpanzees are forced to flee into the jungle.
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
978-0307931474 Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook / Audio
[FICTION] Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape.
I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World [Young Reader's Edition] by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick
978-0316327930 Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook / Audio
[NONFICTION] Malala Yousafzai's describes her fight for education for girls under Taliban rule, the support she received from her parents to pursue an education, and how the Taliban retaliated against her by trying to kill her.
Lincoln's Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin
978-0545405713 Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook / Audio
[NONFICTION] This dramatic account of the 1875 attempt to steal the 16th president's body describes how a counterfeiting ring plotted to ransom Lincoln's body to secure the release of their imprisoned ringleader and how a fledgling Secret Service and an undercover agent conducted a daring election-night sting.
Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
978-0064405058 Available in FWCD Library: Print / Audio
[CLASSIC SCIFI/FANTASY] When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech.
Summer Reading For Students Entering 6th Grade
2015-2016
REQUIRED:
* Jack's Run by Roland Smith
978-1423104070
Available in FWCD Library: Print
[FICTION]
Kidnapped by drug czar Alonzo Asnar and held hostage in Argentina, Jack and his sister Joanne attempt a daring escape while their parents, aided by some old friends, set out to rescue them.
CHOOSE 2:
978-0545165778
Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook
[FICTION]
A girl, having travelled with her mother to an animal sanctuary for bonobos in the Congo, struggles to survive with the animals after revolution breaks out and she and the chimpanzees are forced to flee into the jungle.
978-0307931474
Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook / Audio
[FICTION]
Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape.
978-0316327930
Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook / Audio
[NONFICTION]
Malala Yousafzai's describes her fight for education for girls under Taliban rule, the support she received from her parents to pursue an education, and how the Taliban retaliated against her by trying to kill her.
978-0545405713
Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook / Audio
[NONFICTION]
This dramatic account of the 1875 attempt to steal the 16th president's body describes how a counterfeiting ring plotted to ransom Lincoln's body to secure the release of their imprisoned ringleader and how a fledgling Secret Service and an undercover agent conducted a daring election-night sting.
978-0064405058
Available in FWCD Library: Print / Audio
[CLASSIC SCIFI/FANTASY]
When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech.